葛

葛 U+845B, 葛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-845B ← 葚 [U+845A] CJK Unified Ideographs 葜 → [U+845C]

葛 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿日心女 (TAPV), four-corner 4472₇, composition ⿱艹曷)

• 噶, 嶱, 擖, 㵧, 獦, 臈, 礍, 䗶, 譪, 轕 (𮝺)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31420
• Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3248, character 3
• Unihan data for U+845B

trad.		葛
simp. #		葛
alternative forms		匂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaːd): semantic 艹 + phonetic 曷 (OC *ɡaːd).

葛

1. kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
2. poplin; hemp cloth
3. (～國) State of Ge (a small state in modern Henan province during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties)
4. a surname

   葛洪  ―  Gě Hóng  ―  Ge Hong (Eastern Jin Dynasty scholar)

From 個／个.

葛

1. (dialectal Wu) this
2. (Northern Wu, including Suzhounese) alternative form of 個 / 个 (possessive particle)

(Jōyō kanji)

• Go-on: かち (kachi)^{←かち (kati, historical)}
• Kan-on: かつ (katsu, Jōyō)^{←かつ (katu, historical)}
• Kun: くず (kuzu, 葛, Jōyō)、かずら (kazura, 葛)^{←かづら (kadura, 葛, historical)}、つづら (tsuzura, 葛)^{←つづら (tudura, 葛, historical)}
• Nanori: かず (kazu)、かつら (katsura)、かど (kado)、さち (sachi)、つら (tsura)、ふじ (fuji)

• 葛飾(かつしか) (Katsushika)
• 葛城(かつらぎ) (Katsuragi)

Kanji in this term
葛
かずら Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
蔓

⟨kadura⟩ → /kad͡zuɾa/ → /kazuɾa/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kantura. Cognate with Okinawan 葛 (kanda).

• (Tokyo) かずら [kàzúrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠zɨɾa̠]

葛(かずら) • (kazura) ^{←かづら (kadura)?}

1. creepers or creeping plants
2. (architecture) the level material on to which the foundations of a structure are lain
3. the hoop of a barrel or other cylindrical object
4. a type of fishing net

Kanji in this term
葛
くず Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.

• (Tokyo) くず [kúꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟zɨ]

葛(くず) or 葛(クズ) • (kuzu) 

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)
2. short for 葛粉 (kuzuko): starch made from pounded kudzu root
3. short for 葛溜まり (kuzudamari) or 葛餡 (kuzuan): a sweet sauce made from kudzu starch
4. short for 葛布 (kuzununo/kuzufu): cloth made from kudzu fiber

• → English: kudzu

Kanji in this term
葛
つづら Grade: S
kun'yomi

⟨tudura⟩ → /t͡sud͡zuɾa/ → /t͡suzuɾa/

From Old Japanese.

• (Tokyo) つづら [tsùzúrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨzɨɾa̠]

葛(つづら) or 葛(ツヅラ) • (tsuzura) ^{←つづら (tudura)?}

1. short for 葛藤 (tsuzurafuji): Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum​)
2. short for 葛籠 (tsuzurako): a wicker basket used for holding clothes
3. short for 葛折り (tsuzuraori): something winding or zigzaggy, especially a road at a hill-slope
4. a style of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “color combination by layering of garments”), of bluish black over light (or pale) blue

Kanji in this term
葛
かつ Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 葛 (MC kat).

• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨ]

葛(かつ) • (katsu) 

1. creeper
2. cloth made from kudzu fibers

• “^△葛”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

From Middle Chinese 葛 (MC kat).

葛 (eumhun 칡 갈 (chik gal))

1. hanja form^? of 갈 (“arrowroot, kudzu”)

• 갈등 (葛藤, galdeung, “conflict”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

(Jōyō kanji)

• Kun: くずぃ (kudzï, 葛)

Kanji in this term
葛
くずぃ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Cognate with Yaeyama 葛 (kuzï), Okinawan 葛 (kuji), and Japanese 葛 (kuzu).

Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu, itself from Proto-Japonic *konsu.

• IPA^(key): [kuzz]

葛(くずぃ) (kudzï) 

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)

(Jōyō kanji)

• On (unclassified): かち (kachi)
• Kun: くじ (kuji, 葛)

Kanji in this term
葛
くじ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu.

• (Shuri) くじ [kùjì] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kuʑi]

葛(くじ) (kuji) 

1. short for 葛粉 (kujikū): starch made from pounded kudzu root

• 葛(くじ)固(がた)み (kujigatami)

Possibly from Proto-Japonic *kantura.

葛 (kadura) (kana かづら)

1. a creeper, creeping plant

• Japanese: 葛, 蔓 (kazura)

From Proto-Japonic *konsu.

葛 (kuzu) (kana くず)

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)

• Japanese: 葛 (kuzu)

葛 (tudura) (kana つづら)

1. any climbing plant or vine, such as Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum​)

• 霜黑葛 (simotudura)
• 濱葛 (pamatudura)

• Japanese: 葛 (tsuzura)

葛: Hán Nôm readings: cát, nhật

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